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Comment on To Rizwanur Rehman by Apparently I’ve been had « The Mad Momma

Apparently I’ve been had « The Mad Momma — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 16:58:44 +0000

[...] of the Rizwanur case (speaking of which, there seems to be no new development in the last year, although I did find this) we make a public ass of ourselves by coining such phrases, letting them go on record in a court of [...]

Comment on Hiroshima, My Love by Average Jane

Average Jane — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 15:53:56 +0000

You haven’t been writing for a while?

Comment on Few Poems in Bangla by Kamalesh Bhattacharjee

Kamalesh Bhattacharjee — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 18:46:40 +0000

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Comment on Dev D: reflections part I by hack

hack — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 16:02:34 +0000

Hello, I trawled through the internet too looking for what other people were thinking of the film. That was a few months ago. The way you look at the film is so beautiful. If language is to evoke sensation: memory, emotion, yours did. I wish I could do it as well.

Life’s Elsewhere: Thanks Hack!!! Sorry for not noticing that I have a new comment…sorry it appeared late.

Comment on The Green-Girl Born again! by Loubird

Loubird — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 02:09:48 +0000

Wow. Well, I guess I’ve been MIA for a little while which is why I missed this one. Anytime I read what you write of your city it makes me want to go there. Magical places beget magical characters. As for the myth from the artist’s website (it is a beautiful picture too) it is a bit harder than the story I’m used to. That’s because it’s the Roman version of an originally Greek myth. Here’s the final line from the wikipedia version:

“Since Apollo could no longer take her as his wife, he promised to tend her as his tree, promising that he would use his powers of eternal youth to make sure that she would always stay green, and since then the leaves of the Bay laurel tree have never known decay.”–I like this a bit better, even though it may be more optimistic than real life.

Comment on A Bengali Poem; Let’s begin it by Ujjal Boidya

Ujjal Boidya — Fri, 15 May 2009 06:12:09 +0000

love poem i love so much. Becuse i have one boy friend he loves me so much thats way i love so much love poem.

Life’s Elsewhere: Does that mean you can read Bangla Ujjal?

Comment on Hridoy Grenade by prospephone

prospephone — Sun, 03 May 2009 07:00:49 +0000

: ) Generation gap!! Sorry, baje joke.

Comment on Hridoy Grenade by prospephone

prospephone — Sat, 02 May 2009 06:34:57 +0000

This is unfair! Ferrari is more an object of desire for the metropolitan male than it is for the metropolitan female. Tumi erom hothath nari jati ke commercial bole vilify korcho keno?

Life’s Elsewhere: E ma! This ain’t that Ferrari! This is the bangla word meaning ‘polatok’, absconding etc

Comment on A Bengali Poem; Let’s begin it by Inam

Inam — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 17:46:27 +0000

Yes, I would love to read each of them, I find that connection between two timescapes in them.

Comment on A Bengali Poem; Let’s begin it by Inam

Inam — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 13:30:44 +0000

Love reaches another plane. Some houses crumble, others appear. The style foxes me, honestly; you have delicately swayed between the archaic, the modern and the postmodern, a kind of divine urge in some places and a sense of ironic humour in others.

Life’s Elsewhere: Thanks Inam. I think I will be posting some Bengali poems in the next few posts.

Comment on A Bengali Poem; Let’s begin it by Ritwik Banerjee

Ritwik Banerjee — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 22:06:27 +0000

Well …. this deserves applause! It’s brilliant. Can’t tell you glad I am to see you start this category

Life’s Elsewhere: Thanks! Let’s see what comes next…

Comment on A Bengali Poem; Let’s begin it by D

Thu, 16 Apr 2009 16:30:29 +0000

দুষবে শঠে বাক্যবিধি,
লিখলে দারুণ, কমেন্ট কী দিই?
আশ্চর্যের অধম হরিষ, জবর জীবন দখল করা
মন্দ না সে পরিকল্পনা

মন ও জনে খেউড় করুক, মেঘলাপুরে স্বপ্ন বাঁচুক,
তোবড়ানো সব সন্ধ্যাবেলা বাঁচার জন্য ছন্দ খুঁজুক
খুঁজুক বিকেল রাত্রি হলে, ভবিতব্যের ভুলে যাওয়া শোক
বিচ্ছেদি এই অন্ধকালে, কবির বিষাদ সকলের হোক

Comment on That’s my lot, irredeemable, worse… by A Bengali Poem; Let’s begin it « Love’s Ragpicker

A Bengali Poem; Let’s begin it « Love’s Ragpicker — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 13:50:23 +0000

[...] is a attempted translation/completed transcreation of an earlier poem; thus begins a new category: Bangla [...]

Comment on Dev D: reflections part 2: Chanda by prospephone

prospephone — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 02:13:02 +0000

What can I say? This is the best “review” I have read so far. Except that its not a review at all. How Beckettian!

Comment on Dev D: reflections part I by Dev D: reflections part 2 « Love’s Ragpicker

Dev D: reflections part 2 « Love’s Ragpicker — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 22:12:23 +0000

[...] Dev D: reflections part 2 2009 March 23 tags: Anurag Kashyap, Dev D, Devdas, Kalki Koechlin by Life’s Elsewhere Continuing from reflections part 1 [...]

Comment on An aborted song by loubird

loubird — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 21:09:01 +0000

Wow, amazing. I don’t think you should say aborted. I read the whole thing before I read the title/explanation and it actually seemed like an ending to me.

To me the poem seems a debate between planning and doing, living and thinking, body and its impulses and the mind or soul and its desire to understand. The rhymes are very subtle. It makes me want to sing the song, although no tune comes to mind…

Life’s Elsewhere: Oooh! Welcome back Lou!

Comment on Dev D: reflections part I by Average Jane

Average Jane — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 05:07:05 +0000

You know, the only person I loved in the movie was Paro..she was amazing. That is what women are if they let themselves be. And the bangla is because I am still full of Cal..sigh. Couldn’t get over all those people speaking bangla everywhere! Maybe from now on I will only comment in bangla on your blog, eh?

Life’s Elsewhere: Nischoyi! You are welcome!
Am thinking of uploading few bangla posts too…

Comment on Dev D: reflections part I by Average Jane

Average Jane — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 04:51:27 +0000

Just got back from Cal..divine! Dev.D…hmmm…disliked it inspite of myself, inspite of laughing my guts out. I like to live in fantasy world. Eto realism poshai naki! But totally related with Paro cycling to the fields with mattress bundled up!! Thats me! Your analysis is superb though.

Life’s Elsewhere: A little bit bangla from you! That’s divine too! Paro cycling, Paro pumping…that was really powerful.

Comment on Dev D: reflections part I by prospephone

prospephone — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 18:05:14 +0000

Well I could tell that you got really excited, karon tumi generally eto ogochalo lekho na. Its not that this isn’t good. Its very apt actually, I felt your “vague, sketchy,disorganized first impressions” is exactly what a film of this nature demanded.

Comment on Dev D: reflections part I by prospephone

prospephone — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 15:28:07 +0000

Hmmm…pagla academic.

Life’s Elsewhere: E ki rey! Lekhata niye kichhu bollo na!

Comment on Dev D: reflections part I by Ritwik Banerjee

Ritwik Banerjee — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 12:33:38 +0000

This piece is wonderful. You really gazed into the heart of this film. And I was left either instantly agreeing with you, or agreeing with you after the intellectual gratification had seeped in. Really good work!

Life’s Elsewhere: I am excited with Kashyap’s work Ritwik. These are vague, sketchy, disorganized first impressions. Intend to write more.

Comment on An aborted song by Torsa

Torsa — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 19:13:35 +0000

If the girl has got all the answers its probably because she is viewing things from a different perspective. The search begins anew where one tends to feel “There is nothing worth searching”.- a new search with an altered vision. This quest in turn is made possible by all that binds us down. The whole thing is like an enormous circle. That girl can answer only because she knows the questions.

Comment on An aborted song by Inam

Inam — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 07:28:03 +0000

I don't think it's confusion. Its that ancient play between the chains and the wings...to fly free one must have felt the hard shackles on one's limbs too, else the flight would lose its meaning. "What are you searching for in the Cleavages of cloud..." these opening lines are insane, and the search begins within. I think you will never find the final stanza, for then, the universe shall end. Life's Elsewhere: Probably. I struggled with this for weeks and then pragmatically decided to give it up. The photograph reminded me of the swinging sequence of Satyajit Ray's Charulata and Jean Renoir’s Une Partie de Campagne (which I previously referred to here). Okay, lemme link to the video!

Comment on An aborted song by Rohini

Rohini — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 05:05:12 +0000

she seems quite confused in a strange way ….but i guess ,most of us are at some time

Life’s Elsewhere: Does she seem confused? How?

Comment on That’s my lot, irredeemable, worse… by Torsa

Torsa — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 17:49:09 +0000

This is the first time I have visited your blog and I must say I will have to visit it frequently from now on. This longish eclectic piece was an interesting read and it had some brilliant phrases. The videos and the links enriched the whole reading experience!

Life’s Elsewhere: Thanks Torsa! I am not writing much these days. Do read my earlier ones.